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[quote=Anonymous]Just today, my DC was telling me about her (virtual) orientation to the great internship she landed for this coming summer. She was so excited, describing two days of meetings with VIP's, there as well as her future team of  collaborators.

She happened to mention that one of her advisers (her CTCL designates TWO advisors, of the student's  choosing...but one cannot be in their primary field of study, which really helps give a novel perspective). Anyway, she mentioned that her advisor (the one in a totally different discipline), had told her to be sure to send him an email afterwards of how those meetings went.

I am a professor myself. This gesture on her adviser's part struck me as such a genuine demonstration of interest in who she was and what she is doing. Some schools assign close to one hundred advisees to a single professor. Their entire interaction might consist of the mandatory signature on each semester's course registrations.

My DC's advisors spend so much time meeting with her, about her schedule yes, but also reviewing draft essays for opportunities that she is seeking, writing numerous letters of recommendation, supervising her work in their lab--including letting her be the first author on a peer-reviewed scientific publication! That is the level of support and attention my DC has gotten at a CTCL.

Those who say that it is all just a marketing gimmick could not be more wrong.[/quote]

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